Traveling – The News Desk

Several years ago, my now-husband, Alex, and I spent a few months sailing around Indonesia, experiencing both highs — turquoise waters, freshly caught fish and stunning sunsets — and lows, including a broken engine. We were also there during Ramadan, a special time to be traveling in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.At one point, salt-crusted, sleep-deprived and hungry, we moored in Belitung, a small island east of Sumatra. We happened to pull our dinghy onto the island on Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking Ramadan’s end, and found the white-sand beaches packed with celebrating families.Within moments of our arrival, a woman grabbed our hands, beaming and speaking rapid-fire Bahasa. Our grasp on the language was minimal but her meaning was clear: We were to sit and enjoy the holiday...

Summer travel is off to a roaring start, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. And airline executives say they are doing all they can to keep up, including contending with bad weather and congestion in the skies and on the ground.Three of the nation’s largest carriers — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines — set records for quarterly revenue in the three months that ended in June. Profits more than doubled from the same period last year, and the three companies raised their projections for how much they would earn this year.“We’re still in a world where demand is very strong,” Vasu Raja, American’s chief commercial officer, told reporters and investors on a call on Thursday.The strong quarterly results underscore the durability of the travel industry’s recovery ...

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